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The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the mem
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"The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council"

- Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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Boutros Boutros-Ghali's quote reflects his remorse for not being more assertive in his role as Secretary-General of the United Nations. He thinks that his failure to be more aggressive with the members of the Security Council has contributed to the failure of the United Nations. This recommends that he thinks that the Security Council is the most essential body in the UN which its members need to have been held to a higher standard. He thinks that if he had been more aggressive in pushing for action from the Security Council, the UN would have been more effective in attaining its goals. This quote shows Boutros-Ghali's belief that the UN's failure is due in part to his own lack of assertiveness. He thinks that if he had actually been more aggressive in promoting action from the Security Council, the UN would have been more effective in accomplishing its goals.

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Egypt Flag This quote is written / told by Boutros Boutros-Ghali somewhere between November 14, 1922 and today. He/she was a famous Public Servant from Egypt. The author also have 19 other quotes.

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